Tsotso

/tsotso/ "bat" in Nahuan languages of the Huasteca area.

Attestations: Attested by Lastra (1986) in 14 varieties in San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, Northern Veracruz and Northern Puebla.

Variant forms:

/tsutsu/, /tsoʔtso/ (Lastra 1986)

/tsona:ka/

/tsina:ka/

Etymology: It is derived by reduplication from Pre-Nahua *tsoi, which in turn comes from PSUA *sopi(tsi) "bat" (or "butterfly").

Huasteca Nahuan: tsotso

Proto-Nahuatl *tsotso

Pre-Nahuan *tsoi

Pre-Corachol-Nahua *tsohi

PSUA *sopi